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How is it possible to generate a stolen image?

• brvsft 3y ago
  Just more pearl-clutching about AI. The images are mimicking several original images of a person with some artwork they made. The 'stolen' images are of a very similar form, but with changes to the person and the artwork. Presumably, they make fake versions of the images to gain clout on FB or elsewhere without having to credit the original artist. While it is ethically dubious, I don't really care. The pearl-clutching that we're inventing a fake reality can be viewed two different ways. Either it's overblown, as it clearly doesn't matter who is liking what on the internet, not in the grand scheme of things. Or if it is a problem, the ship sailed a decade ago when people started carrying a screen around in their pockets 24/7, and AI art is just another drop in the bucket.
  • int_19h 3y ago
    According to the article, they're using img2img to make those. That's very clearly a derived work regardless of your stance on AI art in general.
    • brvsft 3y ago
      What did I say that makes you think what you said is contrary to my own comment?
• phyzome 3y ago
  The article explains: People have bots that are taking real images, running them through img2img AI, and then posting those images.
  • kleiba 3y ago
    I'm referring more to botched semantics here: either you steal something - then it must have pre-existed - or you generate something - then it cannot have pre-existed. You cannot generate stolen pictures.